Maintenance and Authentication of the Bacteriology Collection

美国类型培养收集（ATCC）的细菌收集是世界上最全面和多样化的细菌组合之一。它作为一个国家和国际“微生物标准局”，通过向科学、教育和工业界分发特征良好的参考菌株。1988年，该馆保存了14,000多个菌种，并分发了37,000多个培养物。美国国家科学基金会先前的支持已经允许对各种分类群进行全面的特征测试，并对收集的菌株进行认证。从这些程序中获得的数据已被用于开发微生物菌株数据库，作为整个细菌学界在命名、保存技术、菌株应用、表型特性和质量控制程序方面的信息资源中心。该数据库还用于编制ATCC细菌菌株目录，其中包括菌株的培养基和特殊应用信息。这项拨款提供部分运作资助，以维持资料库的运作、进一步推行电脑化的联机菌株资料库、出版菌株目录，以及获取额外的对生物科技有特殊用途的细菌菌株。

The Bacterial Collection of the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) is one of the most comprehensive and diversified assemblages of bacteria in the world. It functions as a national and international "microbiological bureau of standards" by distributing well-characterized reference strains to the scientific, educational and industrial communities. The Collection presently maintains over 14,000 strains and distributed more than 37,000 cultures in 1988. Previous support from the National Science Foundation has permitted the development of a comprehensive battery of characterization tests for the various taxa and the authentication of the Collection's strains. Data derived from these programs have been used to develop a microbial strain database which serves as an information resource center for the entire bacteriological community on nomenclature, preservation techniques, strain applications, phenotypic properties and quality control procedures. The database is also used to compile the ATCC Catalogue of Bacterial Strains, which includes information on media and special applications of strains. This award provides a partial operational subsidy for the maintenance of the Collection, further implementation of the computerized on-line strain database, publication of the strain catalog and the acquisition of additional bacterial strains with special application to biotechnology.